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The main problem in [[machine translation]] is a linguistic problem. Language is ambiguous and the system tries to model a [[language]] on lexical and grammatical way. In order to solve this problem there are a lot of alternatives, e.g. a [[glossary]] related with the text’s topic can be used.
== A controlled language with ten rules ==
Grammar rules are different for each language. Because of this, the rules for controlled languages are different from one language to another. And there are no rules that have optimal results for all languages. There are however rules which reduce ambiguities in most texts in many languages. According to Uwe Muegge's article "Controlled Language Optimized for Uniform Translation" (2002) the following ten rules should be applied:<ref>Muegge, Uwe: "[https://works.bepress.com/uwe_muegge/88/download/ Controlled Language Optimized for Uniform Translation (CLOUT)]", unpublished manuscript, 2002.</ref>
# Write sentences that are shorter than 25 words.
#*Be brief ( well structured)
#*Avoid ambiguity and subordination
#*Evaluate the information
#Write sentences that express only one idea.
#*Simple sentences
#*Avoid ( gerunds, juxtaposition, etc.)
#Write the same sentence if you want to express the same content.
#*Don’t be afraid to repeat
#*Avoid synonyms
#Write sentences that are grammatically complete.
#*Sentences grammatically and Orthographic correct
#*Avoid ellipsis.
#Write sentences that have a simple grammatical structure.
#*Avoid Juxtapostion, subordination, relative pronouns, etc.
#Write sentences in the active form.
#*Avoid passive voice
#Write sentences that repeat the noun instead of using a pronoun.
#*Avoid pronouns like ''it'', ''their'', etc.
#Write sentences that use articles to identify nouns.
#*Use ''the'', ''this'', etc.
#Write sentences that use words from a general dictionary.
#*Do not use technical words
#Write sentences that use only words with correct spelling.
#*Avoid mistakes
== Benefits of using a controlled language ==
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